Perlman Conducts Tchaikovsky 5

ABOUT THIS CONCERT

No composer mines the depths of the human experience more fearlessly or wholeheartedly than Tchaikovsky, and his beloved Fifth Symphony surges with unbridled passion, candid emotion, and balletic grace on its journey from darkness to light. Houston Symphony Artistic Partner Itzhak Perlman leads these performances, which also feature treasured music from Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons and George Walker’s deeply moving Lyric for Strings.

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RUN TIME: 1 hour, 20 minutes

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PROGRAM

VIVALDI “Winter” from The Four Seasons
WALKER Lyric for Strings
PROKOFIEV Overture on Hebrew Themes
TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 5

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Undeniably the reigning virtuoso of the violin, Itzhak Perlman enjoys superstar status rarely afforded a classical musician. Beloved for his charm and humanity as well as his talent, he is treasured by audiences throughout the world who respond not only to his remarkable artistry, but also to his irrepressible joy for making music.  

Having performed with every major orchestra and at concert halls around the globe, he was granted a Presidential Medal of Freedom—the Nation’s highest civilian honor—by President Obama in 2015, a National Medal of Arts by President Clinton in 2000, and a Medal of Liberty by President Reagan in 1986. Itzhak has been honored with 16 Grammy Awards, four Emmy Awards, a Kennedy Center Honor, a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, and a Genesis Prize.  

Itzhak currently serves as Artistic Partner of the Houston Symphony in a partnership that commenced in the 2020-21 Season and culminates at the end of 2023-24. In this collaboration, he performs nine programs across three seasons that feature him in versatile appearances as conductor, soloist, recitalist, and presenter.  

In the 2023-24 Season, he brings his iconic PBS special program, In the Fiddler’s House, to Houston, San Francisco, Bethesda, and Palm Beach, joined by today’s klezmer stars, including Hankus Netsky, Andy Statman, and members of the Klezmer Conservatory Band. His orchestral engagements include play/conduct programs with the Houston Symphony on Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 5 and Charleston Symphony on Beethoven’s Eroica Symphony as well as a series of concerto and conducting appearances with the Israel Philharmonic. He continues touring An Evening with Itzhak Perlman, which captures highlights of his career through narrative and multi-media elements intertwined with performance, with dates in Newark, Dallas, Costa Mesa, and Stony Brook. He plays recitals across North America, including Toronto, Los Angeles, and Portland with longtime collaborator Rohan De Silva.  

Itzhak has an exclusive series of classes with Masterclass.com, the premier online education company that enables access to the world’s most brilliant minds, including Gordon Ramsay, Wolfgang Puck, Martin Scorsese, Ron Howard, Helen Mirren, Jodie Foster, and Serena Williams, as the company’s first classical-music presenter. 

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